Isaiah:1

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* The vision of the son of Amoz , which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah , Jotham , Ahaz and Hezekiah , kings of Judah . * Hear , O heavens , and listen , O earth ! For Jehovah has spoken : I have nursed and brought up sons , but they have rebelled against Me . * The ox knows his owner , and the ass his master 's manger , but Israel does not know ; My people have not understood . * Woe , sinful nation , a people heavy with iniquity , a seed of evildoers , sons who corrupt ! They have forsaken Jehovah ; they have scorned the Holy One of Israel . They are estranged backward . * Why will you be stricken any more ? Will you continue the revolt ? The whole head is sick , and the whole heart is faint . * From the sole of the foot even to the head , no soundness is in it ; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow ; they have not been closed , nor bound up ; nor was it softened with oil . * Your land is a desolation ; your cities burned with fire . Foreigners devour your land before you ; and behold , ruin , as overthrown by foreigners . * And the daughter of Zion is left a booth in a vineyard , like a hut in a cucumber field , like a besieged city . * Except Jehovah of hosts had left a remnant for us , a few , we would be as Sodom ; we would be as Gomorrah . * Hear the word of Jehovah , rulers of Sodom . Listen to the law of our God , people of Gomorrah . * What good to Me are your many sacrifices , says Jehovah ? I am full of burnt offerings of rams , and the fat of fattened cattle , and the blood of bulls ; nor do I delight in the blood of lambs and he goats . * When you come to see My face , who has required this at your hand , to trample My courts ? * Do not add to bringing vain sacrifice ; its incense is an abomination to Me . I cannot endure the new moon and sabbath , the going to meeting , and the evil assembly . * My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts . They are a burden to Me . I am weary of bearing them . * And when you spread out your hands , I will hide My eyes from you . Yea , when you multiply prayer , I will not hear . Your hands are full of blood . * Wash yourselves , purify yourselves . Put away the evil of your doings from My sight ; stop doing evil . * Learn to do good , seek justice , reprove the oppressor , judge the orphan , strive for the widow . * Come now and let us reason together , says Jehovah : Though your sins are as scarlet , they shall be white as snow ; though they are red as the crimson , they shall be like wool . * If you are willing and hear , you shall eat the good of the land . * But if you refuse and rebel , you shall be devoured with the sword ; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken . * Oh how the faithful city has become a harlot ! She was full of justice ; righteousness lodged in it . But now , murderers ! * Your silver has become dross ; your wine is diluted with water . * Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves . Everyone loves a bribe , and is pursuing rewards . They do not judge the orphan , nor does the cause of the widow come to them , * and says the Lord , Jehovah of hosts , the mighty One of Israel , Alas ! I will be eased of My foes , and avenge Myself of My enemies . * And I will return My hand on you , and refine your dross , as with lye , and take away all your alloy . * And I will return your judges as at the first ; and your advisors , as at the beginning ; then you shall be called the city of righteousness , a faithful town . * Zion shall be redeemed with justice , and her returning ones with righteousness . * And the ruin of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together . And those who forsake Jehovah shall be consumed . * For they shall be ashamed of the trees which you lusted after ; and you shall be ashamed of the gardens that you have chosen . * For you shall be like a tree whose leaf fades , and like a garden that has no water in it . * And the strong shall be for tow , and his work for a spark ; and they shall burn both together ; and no one shall quench them .

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